Pip Anderson and Crystal Clarke were two of thousands of people who auditioned (Picture: PA)

Newcomers Crystal Clarke and Pip Anderson have been added to the cast of Star Wars Episode VII.

Pip from Taunton and Crystal, an American actor studying in Glasgow, saw off competition from over 37,000 hopefuls who attended the open casting calls across the US and the UK.

Clarke has experience on both the stage and screen and her first film The Moon and The Sun will be released next year. Anderson is an experienced free runner who appeared in a recent Sony advert for Spider-Man. It is currently unknown which characters they will be playing.